Prints and the pursuit of knowledge in early modern Europe ; [accompanies an exhibition organized by Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, in collaboration with the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; ... shown at the Harvard Art Museums, September 6 - December 10, 2011, and the Block Museum of Art, January 17 - April 8, 2012]

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Dackerman, Susan (Editor, Hrsg.)
Document Type: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Art Museums , 2011
New Haven, Conn. [u.a.] : Yale Univ. Press , 2011
Subjects:
Europa
Druckgrafik
Wissenschaft
Renaissance
Rezensiertes Werk
Europe > Intellectual life > 16th century > Exhibitions
Ausstellungskatalog > 2011 > Cambridge, Mass.
Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Related Items:Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Susan Dackerman (Hrsg.), Prints and the pursuit of knowledge in Early Modern Europe]
Author Notes:ed. by Susan Dackerman. With essays by Susan Dackerman ...
Table of Contents:
  • Printmaking and knowledge ; Constellations and configurations ; Observing nature ; Observation
  • Lorraine Daston
  • The rhinoceros ; Dürer's indexical fantasy: the rhinoceros and printmaking
  • Susan Dackerman
  • Theater of nature ; Illustrated natural history
  • Claudia Swan
  • Measurement ; Printed instruments ; Georg Hartmann and the development of printed instruments in Nuremberg
  • Suzanne Karr Schmidt
  • Mapping ; Allegory ; Allegories of knowledge
  • Katharine Park.

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